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saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
9. Divorce the Pope
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 01:14 PM
Oct 2017

Pope Francis is a great disappointment, imo. He weighs in on the death penalty but welcomes the don and his former mistress to the Vatican? Moral authority needs a new definition.

That's kind of funny since his church used to burn people at the stake for saying mean things. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #1
Yeah. They did that 600 years ago. We all know about it. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #2
I think it makes it a bit irrelevant. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #5
My take is that it's an anti-hypocrisy step. Ken Burch Oct 2017 #7
I thought the anti-execution thing was much older, like John Paul II era 'please don't do that' sort AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #8
I got to wrap my head around this. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #3
What can I say. When a religious org makes a half-hearted positive noise about ONE issue I care AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #6
The Catholics also reject assisted suicide and euthanasia. Mosby Oct 2017 #4
Divorce the Pope saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #9
Well, didn't Jesus hang around with the dregs of society also? Lokilooney Oct 2017 #18
He also had saidsimplesimon Oct 2017 #19
Yes Lokilooney Oct 2017 #23
I'm an atheist but I dig this Pope. apnu Oct 2017 #10
Name one specific issue he's progressive on that isn't copy/paste from pope John Paul II. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #11
But you are being an asshole apnu Oct 2017 #12
John Paul II had significant issues with poverty as well. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #14
His recent very controversial letter about the family, that got him slapped down pnwmom Oct 2017 #13
This qualifies as 'progressive'? AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #15
I hear you, AtheistCrusader. sandensea Oct 2017 #20
Climate Change-He's way ahead of the U.S. policies, not that hard these days Dread Pirate Roberts Oct 2017 #16
The RCC (not the USCCB) is divesting of carbon stocks. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #22
This is a huge source of fighting between Catholics in this country. Willie Pep Oct 2017 #17
figured this would be a tough sell in the USA rurallib Oct 2017 #21
And all the hard-line social conservative Catholics Vogon_Glory Oct 2017 #24
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